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Dallas City Council approves $10.9M Texas Horse Park construction contract
Texas Horse Park is ready to move forward after the City Council approved a $10.9 million construction contract Wednesday morning. Work is scheduled to start in July and take nearly a year. The project includes an activity center, two indoor and two outdoor arenas, three horse barns, a trailhead pavilion, compost building, equipment and hay storage, administration building, landscaping, ...
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Final sneak peek at Big Texs new face conjures up frightening comparisons
face as the golden-throated, behatted phoenix rises from the ashes. Today, the State Fair of Texas dispatches an even more detailed look-see at Tex’s face as it takes shape. And, yes, this is just a computer-generated rendering bereft coloring and those big brown eyes. But it’s still creepy. Very creepy. I am not alone in this assessment. One Twitterer ...
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Warrant Mother of girl 1 who died in hot car at Dallas school thought she dropped child off at day care
charged in connection with the death of her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car at a Dallas elementary school last week told police she was certain she dropped the child off at day care that morning, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Vibha Marks, 42, faces a second-degree felony charge of child abandonment in the death of Victoria Marks. A witness found the child strapped in a car seat and ...
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Frisco man indicted in connection with threat fire at fiancees home
William Coleman A Frisco man accused of threatening his fiancee with a gun and setting her house on fire was indicted Tuesday on multiple charges by a Collin County grand jury. William Chad Coleman, 38, faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, cruelty to animals, arson and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Coleman remains in the Collin County jail with bail set at ...
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Congress members weigh in on tomorrows vote on gay Boy Scouts
The culture warriors opposing or supporting inclusion of openly gay youth in Boy Scout programs continue to put the full-court press on 1,460 delegates who will vote on a controversial membership resolution on Thursday. Members of the U.S. Congress ...
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Putting a face to Big Tex Design phase completed on new icon
A scene from a State Fair Video on how the new face of Big Tex was computer designed. What will the new Big Tex look like? Well, now we can sort of put a face to him. Officials with the State Fair of Texas have released another video, this one showing the design of Big Tex's face and hat. The Fair has been working on designing and building a new Big Tex since October when the longtime Fair ...
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Table Project site sold to Dallas church
The Table Project, a Minneapolis-based social network tailored to church communities, is now the property of one such community, Dallas-based Gateway Church. Terms were not disclosed. Until now, the Table Project was a nonprofit organization and a subsidiary of Christian umbrella group Real Resources. Gateway, in announcing it had acquired the Table Project, added that it will continue running ...
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Whats left for the time-strapped Texas Legislature Plenty
Senate Joint Resolution 1 Debate on this water bill continues in Austin today. This bill would put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot asking voters to consider creating a $2 billion fund to pay for water infrastructure and water conservation projects in Texas. It continues to meet resistance and has caused confusion with some lawmakers because its tied in with other bills. The ...
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Humana to open mail-order pharmacy create 620 jobs in Irving
Humana plans to open a mail-order pharmacy in August, which is expected to create 620 jobs in Irving. Louisville, Ky.-based health and wellness company Humana Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to open a mail order pharmacy call center and support operation in Irving that is expected to create more than 620 new jobs over the next three years. RightSource, Humana's pharmacy management company, ...
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Rudys Chicken owner gets $890000 grant to improve restaurant on Lancaster Boulevard
Rudy's Chicken on Lancaster Boulevard We can hardly make it through a City Council meeting lately without mention of Rudy’s Chicken. Yes, it is fine chicken, and, yes, it is a bedrock business on Lancaster Boulevard – a place where solid commerce is hard to come by. For those reasons, the Dallas City Council today agreed to provide an $890,000 grant to Rudolph Edwards – ...
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Mother of man killed by police files ethics complaint against Police Chief David Brown
The mother of a man killed in a Dallas police shooting in March filed an ethics complaint earlier this week against Police Chief David Brown. In the complaint filed Monday with the Dallas Ethics Advisory Commission, Collette Flanagan contends that the city's top cop hasn't followed through on implementing a policy requiring that the department notify the local FBI civil rights unit on ...
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Frisco teen indicted on arson charges after one home destroyed another damaged
Patrick Philip A Frisco teen was indicted Tuesday by a Collin County grand jury in connection with two fires in March that damaged homes under construction in northeast Frisco. Patrick William Philip, 17, faces two counts of arson. The second-degree felony is punishable by two to 20 years in prison. Frisco Police say Philip and a 15-year-old boy not being identified because of his age were ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 22
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Goodman Networks Multiband agree to $116M merger deal
Goodman Networks Executive Chairman John Goodman and Scott Pickett, CMO and executive vice president of strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. Plano-based Goodman Networks is acquiring Multiband Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $116 million, the companies announced Wednesday. Goodman Networks, a privately held provider of telecommunications networks, will pay $3.25 per ...
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Virginia minister arrested being investigated by Fort Worth police for 1990s child sexual assaults
Geronimo Aguilar A Virginia minister was arrested Tuesday afternoon in his Richmond home after two warrants have connected him to Fort Worth child sexual assaults from the 1990s. Two California women reported that Geronimo Aguilar, 43, sexually assaulted them in 1996 and 1997 in ...
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Central Freight Lines is going CNG for its truck fleet
Two of the trucks operated by Central Freight Lines that run on CNG. Another giant fleet is going with compressed natural gas Waco-based Central Freight Lines, Inc. recently purchased 100 CNG trucks and will add a CNG fueling station to its facility in Fort Worth later this year. The 2014 Freightliners run on 100 percent CNG as opposed to many diesel conversions that run on dual-fuel, a mixture ...
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Top students would be exempted from some tests under Senate bill
Continuing a move toward reduced testing in Texas schools, the Senate on Tuesday night approved a bill that would exempt high-performing students from reading and math tests in the fourth, sixth and eighth grades. The measure by Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, would affect thousands of students in elementary and middle schools, but the precise number would be left up to the commissioner of ...
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Charge investigation of Texas fertilizer blast hampered by in-fighting
The federal safety agency investigating the West Fertilizer Company explosion in Texas has accused other investigators of hampering his agency's work. Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a letter that the Texas state fire marshal and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blocked access to key witnesses for three weeks after the April ...
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Jackson too creepy for Clippers MAY 22
Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. While the source insisted it wasn't a reflection on Jackson's coaching ability, it would simply be "too creepy" for ...
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LeBron knows Indy can beat the Heat MAY 22
Heat by not calling Miami just another team. LeBron is looking for an emotional edge because he knows Miami's physical edge is much less ...
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Sixers owner would consider Bynums return MAY 22
Sixers have exclusive rights to negotiate with [Bynum], who earned $16.5 million despite not playing at all last season due to knee injuries. Free agency begins July 1. If ...
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Standoff with suicidal man blocks off Ross Avenue at Central northbound frontage road
Ross Avenue has reopened after being shut down this morning at Central Expressway while Dallas police deal with a suicidal man holed up in a home. The standoff began around 1:30 a.m. when someone called 911 to report that a friend was threatening to hurt himself in the 3000 block of Ross. Officers arrived and contacted the man, but he refused to come out of the home. It’s unclear whether ...
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Giant solar plane flying into DFW Airport tonight
The SolarImpulse aircraft will land at D/FW Airport at 1 a.m. Thursday morning and will be on display for the public from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The SolarImpulse aircraft will make history Wednesday as it flies nonstop from Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg took off today at 4:45 a.m. from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and is expected ...
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J.C. Penney secures $2.25B loan with stores Plano HQ
J.C. Penney has backed a $2.25 billion loan with some of its real estate holdings. J.C. Penney Co. is expected to complete a deal on Wednesday that will allow it to borrow $2.25 billion from investors in a loan that is secured by some of the retailer's 1,000 stores, distribution centers and even its Plano headquarters. The Wall Street Journal reported the loan, which is expected to carry a ...
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Dish warns of national security issues if SoftBank buys Sprint
Dish Network has brought up national security as an issue should SoftBank acquire Sprint Nextel. Dish Network Corp.'s courting of Sprint Nextel Corp. took on a tone of international intrigue as the Colorado-based satellite entertainment company played up rival SoftBank's Corp.'s ties to China. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that an anti-SoftBank website funded by Dish ...
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Dallas city core development hindered by roadways
The Dallas freeway loop is a series of highways that wrap round the center of Downtown Dallas, built at a time when the inter-connectivity of neighborhoods was not yet appreciated, but with changing attitudes, a series of projects are underway to enhance the appeal of downtown.
Downtown Dallas, it’s the heart of the city, which is the commercial hub of Dallas County and the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest in the entire United States. Yet, this area’s full potential has been hindered by a zoning decision in the 1980s that saw major freeways routed through the city and created a complex ring of highways (the Dallas freeway loop) around the core downtown area. Read more
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